Real Estate – Page 73
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A big opportunity for small pension funds
With access to real estate improving for Europe’s smaller funds Kathleen Jung considers the best approaches for those with around €100m to spend
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Back to school
It is residential that is closer to commercial posing as hospitality. No wonder student accommodation is attracting so much attention. But pension funds are reticent, as Shayla Walmsley reports
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Smaller schemes chase ‘more liquid’ property
REAL ESTATE - Robin Goodchild, head of European investment at property firm LaSalle, this week urged large pension funds to invest directly in real estate and claimed smaller ones were re-thinking their lack of exposure.
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UK’s PPF in “urgent” fund manager tender
UK – The Pension Protection Fund has issued a tender seeking asset managers for a range of asset classes as a “matter of urgency”.
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Germany excludes housing from REITs
GERMANY – The German finance ministry has abruptly decided to exclude residential housing from German real estate investment trusts (G-REITs), due to be legalised by the government from January 1, 2007.
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More details about ABP’s new Hong Kong office
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension giant ABP, at €201bn Europe’s largest pension fund, has announced a launch date and the key executives for its new Hong Kong office.
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RREEF nabs Coca-Cola UK real estate brief
REAL ESTATE - RREEF will run the real estate element of the Coca-Cola Enterprises Pension Scheme.
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Nedlloyd scheme transfers real estate portfolio
REAL ESTATE - Delta Lloyd Vastgoed will take over the direct real estate portfolio of the Nedlloyd Pension Fund, both parties have announced.
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British Airways pension fund sells property
UK – A British Airways pension fund has sold a retail property in Stoke, central England, for £14.3m (€21.3m), according to a release.
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German fund association names property head
GERMANY – Fund industry association BVI has elected Bärbel Schomberg, chief executive of DEGI, as its chief spokeswoman for German real estate funds, including those for retail and institutional clients. The election was held at the weekend.
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ABP’s Van de Vaart joins Morley
REAL ESTATE – Morley has hired Paul van de Vaart from Stichting Penisoenfonds ABP to lead its real estate securities capability.
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Irish NPRF seeking real estate, pvt equity admin
IRELAND – The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) is looking for administrative support for the National Pension Reserve Fund’s property and private equity portfolios.
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All change for the London/Berlin express
Listed real estate is looking good but everyone’s holding their breath for German and British REITs. Jan Wagner reports
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Spreading the net
Cross-border investment is increasing due to the attractions of diversity and possibly a lack of opportunities in domestic markets. But, individually, pension funds are tackling this issue at very different speeds. Barriers may include regulatory constraints and a lack of in-house expertise. Rachel Fixsen spoke to three funds about their ...
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Leave nothing to chance
ATP is the supplementary pension scheme in Denmark; all working people pay into this fund to top up their basic retirement income. The fund has been running for more than 40 years now and today has assets of over €50bn. It is the largest pension fund in Denmark and among ...
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Expanding the secondary market
Lymos managing director Jan Wilem Dijkhuis wants a better selling environment for private real estate funds
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One industry, two standards
Machiel Hoek and Hans Grönloh are striving for convergence on accounting standards to boost the real estate sector
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It will be different this time
Foreign capital flooding into UK real estate is forcing UK investors to confront past traumas and invest abroad. Martin Hurst reports
